Pleasure Reading: Associations between Young Women's Sexual Attitudes and Their Reading of Contemporary Women's Magazines

Autor/inn/en	Kim, Janna L.; Ward, L. Monique
Titel	Pleasure Reading: Associations between Young Women's Sexual Attitudes and Their Reading of Contemporary Women's Magazines
Quelle	In: Psychology of Women Quarterly, 28 (2004) 1, S.48-58 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0361-6843
DOI	10.1111/j.1471-6402.2004.00122.x
Schlagwörter	Females; College Students; Periodicals; Sex Stereotypes; Sexuality; Attitudes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Weibliches Geschlecht; Collegestudent; Periodical; Journal; Zeitschrift; Fachzeitschrift; Periodikum; Sexualität; Attitude; Einstellung; Verhalten
Abstract	Associations between magazine use and sexual attitudes were explored among 205 female college students. Measures assessed reading levels of adult-focused (e.g., Cosmopolitan) and teen-focused (e.g., Seventeen) contemporary women's magazines, reading motivations, sexual attitudes, and femininity ideologies. Frequent reading of adult-focused magazines was associated with weaker support of sexual stereotypes about men, of a view that equates sex with risk, and of women's reports of self-censorship. In contrast, frequent reading of teen-focused magazines was associated with stronger endorsement of male sexual stereotypes. In addition, reading women's magazines intently for sex advice was associated with stronger support of both male sexual stereotypes and a sexually assertive female role. Implications are discussed in terms of both relevant media theories and of magazines as sources of sexual scripts. (Author).
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